erriman oofbeats Quarterly Newsletter: Volume 4, Issue 3 March 16, 2015 Principal’s Message As we near the end of the third quarter, I would like to give props to the many clubs, organizations and teams who have had such a successful winter. There’s band, choir, dance, orchestra, swimming, wrestling and our other wonderful clubs from A to Z. Herriman High has been represented well. I would like to congratulate each of these teams and the individuals who performed so well in them. I would also thank the coaches, parents and community for the support we have received at all of our events. It is truly a great day to be a Mustang! James Birch HHS Principal Upcoming Orchestra Festival Concert The Orchestra Festival Concert will be on March 24th at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. The HHS orchestra will be playing the music they will perform at their region festival and the Heritage Festival in San Francisco for their tour. Come get a preview of what students will be performing in their competitions. Mini Mustang Preschool is now enrolling for the 2015-2016 school year. Registration information is online at: herrimanhigh.org under the “School Information,” preschool/childcare links. Students wishing to teach in the preschool or child care lab need to check in with Mrs. Johnson before the end of the month. What Are the Counselors Up To? ¡ATENCION! The first ever Spanish showcase will be held Tuesday, March 31st from 2:30-4:30 p.m. There will be three fun events students can participate in: storytelling/show and tell, team competition, and impromptu conversation. For more information, see your Spanish teacher. Local Author Visits HHS Book Club Riverton author, Sara B. Larson, has found widespread success with her Defy fantasy trilogy. In February, the school book club read Defy and was lucky enough to receive a visit from the author. Students enjoyed the book and had the chance to ask the author questions about it. They also learned more about what it means to be a published writer. Registration for 2015 AP exams is now open! Students can register online through the counseling website: www.counseling.herrimanhigh.org (click on “Advanced Classes,” then the “Total Registration” link is at the bottom of the page.) Regular registration will be open through March 19th. Late registration, with a $10 fee, will go through April 3rd. Counselors are also focusing on getting all Junior Plan for College and Career Readiness (CCR) meetings complete. The goal is to meet with all juniors and their parents to discuss goals, plan classes, and make sure they are on track for graduation. PCCR appointments can still be made by calling the counseling center at 801-567-8560. Any student who doesn’t make an appointment will be called down in the next few weeks to meet with their counselor. Arena scheduling days are as follows: Upcoming Seniors: April 15th16th Upcoming Juniors: April 17th and 20th Upcoming Sophomores: April 21st-22nd Need a summer job? Attend the AIM HIRED job fair April 30, 2015 between 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Tech Atrium. Find jobs in fields such as tutoring, recreation, food service, sales, and more. Come professionally dressed and with a resume. Want to get paid while furthering your education? Come to our AIM HIRED job fair and talk to apprenticeship representatives about training in plumbing, electrical, HVAC, masonry, construction, and more. Start working full-time at $11.00-$15.00 an hour, get yearly raises, benefits, and possibly have your post-high school education paid for! Upon apprenticeship completion, earn an average of $45,000.00 annually. Representatives from cosmetology and 1-2 year business degrees will also be available. Sponsored by : Work-Based Learning For questions contact Kristi Kemp 801-567-8562 [email protected] New Scholarship Database Now Available Need help paying for college? HHS now has a wonderful scholarship database online! To access it, go to the counseling center page, find the scholarship information and click on "scholarship database by date." The database is color coded, arranged by the month application is due, and includes hyperlinks to the applications or websites for more information. It includes local and national scholarships and is updated frequently to assist you in your quest for college funding. Need more help in your scholarship search? Come to our after school scholarship workshops held weekly on Thursdays in the Career Center lab from 2:30-3:00 p.m. You can also talk with your counselor or our scholarship specialist, Kristen Flandro, for further assistance. HHS Students at 2015 Sundance Film Festival Students in the art department had the opportunity to attend this year’s Sundance Film Festival to learn more about the art of independent film. Since 2000, Sundance has offered their “Student Screening Program” as a fun and educational opportunity for young people to participate in this internationally esteemed festival. PLT Collecting Important Items The Peer Leadership Team will be collecting much needed items for a domestic violence shelter this spring. Donations can be brought to students’ first period teachers March 23rd through April 17th. The class that collects the most items will receive a donut party! Be on the lookout for more information about needed items. Scholarship Awarded to HHS Student Outstanding Herriman High School student, Claudia Loayza, was awarded the 2015 Jose Ceballo Memorial Scholarship from the Latinos in Action Organization. Congratulations! GOING TO COLLEGE? Yes, Art is required--read on... Are you a student with a vision for your future? Some of the following courses are mandatory in college (Art 1010 and 1020) and some will give you students with amazing art skills a strong portfolio and college credit to get into college programs once you’ve been accepted to the college of your dreams (AP Art Drawing and 2D). Read the following descriptions... SLCC Concurrent General Ed. Courses: Art 1010 : Art 1010 is a SLCC concurrent class that offers 3 GE credits (core) accepted by Utah colleges and universities and .5 art high school credit. Students get hands-on, interactive, and project based experience in art history. Students take two field studies, create many shared Google projects, and create art like the masters every Friday. Research, writing, and reading are also required. Art 1020 : Art 1020 is a SLCC concurrent class that gives you hands-on studio experience in 2-D, mostly observational drawing. It’s like taking Drawing One/Two on steroids. Kids come out of this class with serious drawing skills. No pre-test, prerequisite, or prior art skills required. There is mainly only sketchbook homework. You receive a high school grade and credit for either Art or CTE, as well as a grade on your college transcript and 3 credits from SLCC. ART AP (Drawing and 2D) What happens when you get to college and you’re required to submit a portfolio to get into the art program you want? Hopefully you spent your high school junior and senior year creating a skillful, creative, and sophisticated portfolio. AP students strive to get a “5” score which rewards them up to 7 college credits. In this class, you’ll hone your observational skills in drawing the human form/still life in a variety of styles, methods, and mediums, and then find that niche that best represents your artistic strengths. All 2D work can be submitted as a portfolio, ranging from oil painting to photographed installations. Juniors and seniors are welcome to take this class on approval. Most students who have taken 1020 can continue working on their portfolio in Art AP. 23 FBLA Students Qualify for Nationals Once again, the school’s FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) club has made Herriman proud! They have put in hours of hard work and it has paid off. 23 students are going to FBLA Nationals in Chicago at the end of June to represent our school. Students Who Placed in the Top 10: Business Ethics 9th Place: Kaitlin Braithwaite, Brandi Kirkham, and FBLA Principles and Procedures Jenny Lestarge 1st Place: Marin Murdock Global Business 2nd Place: KaylaHebertson 10th Place: Samantha Stubbs, Ryan Healey, and ConParliamentary Procedure nor Reading 1st Place: Arye Smith, Olivia Ziter, Introduction to Business Hannah Pederson, Rylee Pierce, Austin Cummins 10th Place: Marin Murdock Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure Partnership with Business 2nd Place: Breanna Hurdsman 2nd Place: Brandi Kirkham, Jenny Lestarge, and Kait8th Place: Kayla Hebertson lin Braithewaite Management Information Systems Community Service Project 2nd Place: Gavin Robinson, Grant Schmidt, and Jona3rd Place: Devaughan Ott, Hampton Kelsch, and thon Haroldson Marissa Rognon Desktop Publishing Computer Game & Simulation Programming 5th Place: Marissa Ragnon and Paynton Matthews 3rd Place: Chandler Holder, Gibson Higgs, and Chase Sales Presentation Anderson 5th Place: Tristan Erickson Mobile Application Development Business Plan 3rd Place: Gavin Trujillo, Ian Mills, and Tanner Dailey 5th Place: Jacob Angiano, Nick Nelson, and Ian CabarWho’s Who in FBLA cas 3rd Place: Olivia Ziter Computer Problem Solving Business Presentation 6th Place: Jonathan Haroldson 4th Place: Rachel Lunt, Marin Murdock, and Tristan Introduction to Information Technology Erickson 7th Place: Hayden Watts Management Decision Making Business Law 4th Place: Jacob Angiano and Devaughn Ott 8th Place: Jacob Angiano Business Financial Plan Business Math Nick Nelson and Anthony DeGaston 8th Place: Kayla Hebertson Business Plan Impromptu Speaking 5th Place: Jacob Angiano, Nick Nelson, and Ian Caba8th Place: Sydney Park racas Herriman Physics Students Show Engineering Talent HHS Honors and AP Physics Students participated in the 40th annual BYU Bridge Building Competition. It is sponsored by the Department of Civil Engineering, and offers high school students the opportunity to test their design and building skills by creating a balsa wood bridge that can support a load provided by 5 hydraulic pistons, precisely spaced on a 16 inch deck. The bridges must be six inches high and supported by only 2 base blocks located 10 inches apart. Measurements must be correct to within 1/8 of an inch, and the bridge’s mass cannot exceed 40 grams. Bridges are pre-qualified for the competition based on these criteria, and then they are loaded until they break or their structure can no longer hold weight. This year, BYU changed the competition slightly, lowering the top mass of the bridges from 50 grams to 40 grams. This made a significant difference in the load to mass ratios from previous years. Final judging is based on the load held by the bridge divided by its mass. The top 10 bridges at Herriman High for 2015 were built by: Samuel Angus Load: 1281 Load/Mass: 35.14 Quaid Green Load: 1142 Load/Mass: 29.38 Brayden Buttars Load: 1080 Load/Mass: 28.65 Ashley Ricks Load: 891 Load/Mass: 28.04 Madysen Koford Load: 886 Load/Mass: 27.70 Katie Jones Load: 839 Load/Mass: 27.15 Jeremy Lott Load: 946 Load/Mass: 26.94 Tyson Sabey Load: 891 Load/Mass: 26.08 Logan Parent Load: 776 Load/Mass: 25.35 Kaden Hunter Load: 713 Load/Mass: 21.92 Congratulations to all of our students who did great work on this project! A special thanks goes to the Jordan Education Foundation who contributed $500 toward the cost of the kits for this project. Science Olympiad Students Place in Regionals HHS students competed in two Regional Science Olympiad competitions and placed in the following events: Westminster Regional, February 28th 3rd Anatomy: Megan Edwards & Paige Shipman 2nd Astronomy: Cole Rice & Carter Hickenlooper 2nd Chemistry Lab: Katie Jones & Paige Shipman 1st Wright Stuff: Cole Rice & Daniel Ertel Weber Regional, February 21st 3rd Air Trajectory: Cole Rice & Kaiden Woodward 1st Astronomy: Cole Rice & Carter Hickenlooper 2nd Cell Biology: Scott Adams & Cameron Barkley 2nd Materials Science: Katie Jones & Paige Shipman Sterling Scholars Shine The Deseret News Sterling Scholar program has been recognizing outstanding students in Utah for 54 years and awarding them with prizes such as scholarships and tuition vouchers. This year Herriman students won this prestigious academic award in two of the 14 categories. JUSTINE RUPPRECHT DANCE ASPEN CLARK FAMILY & CONSUMER “I have always thought of dancing as the universal language understood by all people from all types of circumstances. It is a medium of expression that communicates directly with the soul and brings forth inspiration and knowledge. Dancing has shaped who I am today. My entire work ethic and endurance come from dance.” “My involvement with Family and Consumer Science studies will not only enrich my life, but the lives of my future children, as I will take the knowledge I have gained in these courses, and apply them to my parenting practices...I believe in helping children understand their own importance and developing responsibility.” In addition to the named Sterling Scholars, HHS recognizes all of the finalists who put in a tremendous amount of work creating a portfolio to showcase their academic and extra-curricular achievements. There was an amazing pool of talent to choose from. Congresswoman Mia Love Comes to Herriman 4th District House Representative Mia Love came to Herriman High School on March 11th to have a discussion with government students. In this exciting chance to engage with a seated member of congress, students were able to ask Ms. Love thoughtful questions about working in the U.S. government. Attention Woodworking Students All previous woodworking students need to remove their projects from the shop to make more space. Anyone who removes it by March 25th will receive a candy bar! Skills USA State Competitions will be held March 26th and 27th. Most contests are at the SLCC Taylorsville campus. Students who are competing must: 1. Complete a prerequisite Skills USA knowledge test on the Skills USA Utah website by March 13th. Ballroom Students Attend Festival The HHS Ballroom Team attended their first festival on February 12th at Westlake High School. The team attended master classes, where they were able to learn international tango and foxtrot. Their evening ended with a performance along with Alta High School, Timpanogos High School, and Orem and Park City Junior High Schools. They performed a paso doble entitled “Matador” and an American-style cha-cha entitled “Time After Time.” Thanks to the students and parents who came out to support the team! 2. Pick up their required uniform by March 13th. 3. Create a hard copy resume and bring it to the contest. 4. Check the Skills USA website for updates in their particular contest. See Mrs. Turner with questions. In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. —Mark Twain